The Battle of Malplaquet Size:S: 50 x 25cm Princess Victoria (1868-1935) on board

Princess Victoria (1868-1935) on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III

Johnny Morrissey

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty

'French frippery and impertinence

2nd August 1961

The Battle of Malplaquet Size:S: 50 x 25cm Princess Victoria (1868-1935) on boardThe Battle of Malplaquet, 11 September 1709, (1910). Malplaquet was the last great battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The British, Austrians and Dutch commanded by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French under Villars and Boufflers, but at the cost of such severe casualties that they were unable to pursue their planned march on Paris.